Bergen-based specialist subsea service company DOF Subsea Norway AS has been awarded a Diverless Marine and Subsea Services Frame Agreement by ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS. The 1-year Frame Agreement includes additional 2 x 2 yearly options and covers a broad spectrum of subsea services including p
Valiant Petroleum plc announced that the John Shaw semi-submersible rig has now arrived on location and has begun drilling operations on the Don Southwest (Valiant, 40.0%) as part of the second phase of field development. The second phase of development on Don Southwest is focused on targeting reser
To coincide with the launch of their new corporate website, Masteel UK Limited is offering a comprehensive range of structural steel grades suitable for the offshore industry. Used in the construction of offshore steel platforms and structures, offshore steel s need to offer good tensile and yield s
Schlumberger today inaugurated a new technology facility in Norway. Terje Riis-Johansen, Minister of Petroleum and Energy for Norway, and Andrew Gould, chairman and chief executive officer of Schlumberger, officiated at the opening ceremony attended by more than 80 guests drawn from oil companies, u
Ruukki has signed an agreement with Aker Solutions of Norway to supply 24 suction anchors in September 2010 from its Kalajoki unit in Finland. Ruukki has supplied also offshore steels for the same project. The suction anchors and offshore steel plates will be used in the Goliat field in the Barents
Statoil and EGL today, 20 May, announced the divestment of a combined stake of 15% in the Trans Adriatic Pipeline Project (TAP) to E.ON Ruhrgas – a leading energy provider. The new shareholder structure of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline project now comprises of EGL holding a 42.5% share, Statoil holdin
Eidesvik Offshore said its subsidiary Eidesvik Shipping has signed a contract with Statoil for platform supply vessel Viking Athene. The lease is valid until 1 April 2011 with 3 month extension option. Terms and conditions of the contract are confidential, according to the announcement. The vessel w
ShawCor Ltd.announced its pipe coating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a contract with a value in excess of US$90 million from Corus UK Limited to provide pipeline coatings for the Total E&P UK Ltd. Laggan-Tormore project. Laggan-Tormore is an offshore gas field which lies 125 km north-west of
Technip announced that it has successfully completed the construction of its new vessel, the Apache II, at its construction yard in Pori, Finland. The work involved transferring the Apache’s high-performance pipelay equipment on to a new-built hull acquired in 2009, as a result of which the Pori yar
At Heerema Hartlepool, one of the three large production locations of Heerema Fabrication Group , the 6,500 tonne Buzzard Production Sweetening (PS) deck and bridge structures of Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited, left Hartlepool for its final offshore destination, the Nexen Buzzard oilfield, and has now
RBG announced the award of a $ 10 million inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) diving contract from Maersk Oil North Sea UK. The company’s newly formed Marine & Subsea division, which was launched at the Subsea 2010 conference in February, will deliver diving inspection of the lower hulls, destr
Schaeffler has successfully completed the removal and replacement of a drive-end bearing on the pipe-storage and deployment reel on a Subsea 7 pipe-lay vessel, the ‘Seven Navica’. The replacement required Schaeffler engineers to conduct a survey on the condition of the bearing before removing the ex
The government’s new envoy to the restive Caucasus, Alexander Khloponin, said Friday that he would support oil companies such as LUKoil… [mappress] Source: MoscowTimes, May 18, 2010;
DAMEN’s new Multi Purpose Vessel, particularly suited for oil spill response, is set to enter service in the next few weeks in Vietnam after undergoing successful sea trials. Kitted with two large sweeping arms, this is the first time an oil spill response vessel of this type has been operated in As
